Ricksettias Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Boulevard Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille CEDEX 5, France.
Abstract:
We detected Rickettsia felis DNA in Ctenocephalides felis and Bartonella quintana DNA in 3 Pulex irritans fleas taken from a pet Cercopithecus cephus monkey in Gabon, sub-Saharan Africa. This is the first report of B. quintana in the human flea.